Banksia lehmanniana
Yellow lantern banksia
Banksia lemanniana grows as an open shrub or, less commonly, a small tree with a spreading habit to 5m tall. The flowers are green-yellow in colour but turn grey with age and smell of honey, and drip large amounts of nectar. The buds are a rich chocolate brown in colour until the yellow flowers push through.
Contributed by @jennylee
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Yellow lantern banksia
Latin name
Banksia lehmanniana
type
Trees or Shrubs
family
Proteaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
4.00 M
5.00 M
Banksia lehmanniana
Banksia lemanniana grows as an open shrub or, less commonly, a small tree with a spreading habit to 5m tall. The flowers are green-yellow in colour but turn grey with age and smell of honey, and drip large amounts of nectar. The buds are a rich chocolate brown in colour until the yellow flowers push through.
Autumn-winter flowering
From Early Autumn TO Mid Winter
Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22 cm high and 5 cm broad.
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
The plant is fairly easy to grow in a mediterranean climate with good drainage and a light (sandy) soil;
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